The raw vegan lifestyle in Ottawa Canada

Newmarket raw potluck dinner & bonfire

I am currently in transit, awaiting my flight home to Ottawa via Porter Airline in Toronto. Porter airport is located at Toronto island, just a one minute ferry ride across from mainland Toronto. It’s conveniently located close to the city center (at the end of Bathurst south) and really beats the hassle of getting out to Pearson International Airport. There’s also a free shuttle from the ferry to Union Station and back.

I flew down here for a very brief stay to take a workshop on electro medicine. I have a bioharmonic generator which I am planning to incorporate into my practice just as soon as I gain more experience. There are so many exciting projects going on these days and so little time to focus on any particular one — besides the SimplyRaw Festival of course. (just over a month away!)

While in Toronto, I did manage to fit in a visit with my friends from and around the city. In fact, I actually made it to Newmarket’s raw potluck dinner on Tuesday night, hosted by the dynamic duo, Patricia and Nicki. It turned out to be a delightful evening and I was very impressed with their very well organized potluck. They even had a few assigned photographers to capture the delicious dishes as well as an official recipe collector, the lovely and talented Jane (shown below) who is also writing a book – both great ideas. Perhaps we can find a few people to help us with these tasks at our own potlucks? If interested, please do let us know.

Approximately 30 people attended Newmarket’s potluck and it was truly a pleasure meeting such a friendly and curious group of raw foodies. The food was delicious and varied – everything from Patti’s famous Essene bread to Pierre’s carrot cake, Gino’s Ocean grown greens, onion bread, zuccini noodles with tomato marina sauce, an ancient blend of living sprouts, and lots of other dishes to taste. All very yummy, for sure.

I also got treated to a spectacular bonfire by the lake which was exactly what I needed to decompress after the last couple of weeks. I find sitting around a blazing fire always soothing and ultra therapeutic, especially when with good friends. I won’t divulge how we managed to kindle the fire with all that damp newspaper but it was a great success (& quite comedy-like) once things got started. And even though we missed the sunset, the view was brilliant and our conversation light & lively thanks to the wonderful company. Thanks fellers. (& Patti dearest!) In fact, we enjoyed ourselves so much that we stayed up waaaaaay past the midnight hour!